Everyone says it is difficult to travel with a baby. Well, they are right.
For the determined, a trip with a baby is a fun thing. Otherwise all it needs is organization and sensible packing. A two hour drive will not require a lot of work cause the baby is probably going to fall asleep. However organized and well planned one can be, your baby always ends up surprising you anyway. Here goes my travel diary with my one year old.
Gnan, my son is a sleeper. He is cranky when he gets hungry and just dozes off when he is sleepy. As wonderful as that sounds, it comes with some twists. Baby G hates being indoors. Id blame myself for that causr I made sure he got his morning and evening walks everyday and the only known time he was indoors, he was asleep. So sitting in a car while awake was a task! He loves music - thanks to my mum who saved the Preethi Sagar rhymes cassette that I listened to when I was one. Anytime he would get cranky in the car, I would just start singing rhymes and enacting them and he would be alright.
Travelling with him while breastfeeding was easy. When he was 6 months, we took a trip to Ooty. Blessed as I am, he slept through the 3 hours uphill and downhill. The only solids he had started eating by then was bananas, so I made sure I had a few for the weekend. Our trip fell on the Easter weekend so there were songs on speaker throughout and Gnan enjoyed them. We discovered his love for music then. He liked any music not just rhymes!! I carried a bunch Of his toys and two huge rubber sheets that I had stitched in case we went on a picnic. The temperature made his sleep cosy and he had his playtime outside as well.
There were swans, puppies horses and cows so baby G didnt miss his outdoorsy times. He watched the cows like he did at home and he was comfortable throughout.
We took a horse ride and at the end of the ride he was asleep with the continuous rocking on the horse's back. We were lucky again, and we just put him to bed. He didnt move for over 4 hours. When he did wake we went for a walk in the woods and spread out the sheets for a little picnic. We played with him and took pictures. It was a lot of fun to spend quality time with the boys. It was just 'our' time! We got back with no complaints except that we couldnt find button roses for our garden at home. Ootacamund for 3 days at 6 months - Nailed it!!There were swans, puppies horses and cows so baby G didnt miss his outdoorsy times. He watched the cows like he did at home and he was comfortable throughout.
We took a horse ride and at the end of the ride he was asleep with the continuous rocking on the
horse's back. We were lucky again, and we just put him to bed. He didnt move for over 4 hours. When he did wake we went for a walk in the woods and spread out the sheets for a little picnic. We played with him and took pictures. It was a lot of fun to spend quality time with the boys. It was just 'our' time! We got back with no complaints except that we couldnt find button roses for our garden at home. Ootacamund for 3 days at 6 months - Nailed it!!
For the determined, a trip with a baby is a fun thing. Otherwise all it needs is organization and sensible packing. A two hour drive will not require a lot of work cause the baby is probably going to fall asleep. However organized and well planned one can be, your baby always ends up surprising you anyway. Here goes my travel diary with my one year old.
Gnan, my son is a sleeper. He is cranky when he gets hungry and just dozes off when he is sleepy. As wonderful as that sounds, it comes with some twists. Baby G hates being indoors. Id blame myself for that causr I made sure he got his morning and evening walks everyday and the only known time he was indoors, he was asleep. So sitting in a car while awake was a task! He loves music - thanks to my mum who saved the Preethi Sagar rhymes cassette that I listened to when I was one. Anytime he would get cranky in the car, I would just start singing rhymes and enacting them and he would be alright.
Travelling with him while breastfeeding was easy. When he was 6 months, we took a trip to Ooty. Blessed as I am, he slept through the 3 hours uphill and downhill. The only solids he had started eating by then was bananas, so I made sure I had a few for the weekend. Our trip fell on the Easter weekend so there were songs on speaker throughout and Gnan enjoyed them. We discovered his love for music then. He liked any music not just rhymes!! I carried a bunch Of his toys and two huge rubber sheets that I had stitched in case we went on a picnic. The temperature made his sleep cosy and he had his playtime outside as well.
There were swans, puppies horses and cows so baby G didnt miss his outdoorsy times. He watched the cows like he did at home and he was comfortable throughout.
We took a horse ride and at the end of the ride he was asleep with the continuous rocking on the horse's back. We were lucky again, and we just put him to bed. He didnt move for over 4 hours. When he did wake we went for a walk in the woods and spread out the sheets for a little picnic. We played with him and took pictures. It was a lot of fun to spend quality time with the boys. It was just 'our' time! We got back with no complaints except that we couldnt find button roses for our garden at home. Ootacamund for 3 days at 6 months - Nailed it!!There were swans, puppies horses and cows so baby G didnt miss his outdoorsy times. He watched the cows like he did at home and he was comfortable throughout.
We took a horse ride and at the end of the ride he was asleep with the continuous rocking on the
horse's back. We were lucky again, and we just put him to bed. He didnt move for over 4 hours. When he did wake we went for a walk in the woods and spread out the sheets for a little picnic. We played with him and took pictures. It was a lot of fun to spend quality time with the boys. It was just 'our' time! We got back with no complaints except that we couldnt find button roses for our garden at home. Ootacamund for 3 days at 6 months - Nailed it!!
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